Reindeer Games Page #32

Gabriel walks to the men's room door. Then stops. Adjusts

the rifle under his red coat. And turns back.

AT THE CHANGE BOOTH

Jumpy is handed a bucket of quarters.

EXT. PARKING LOT - SAME

Merlin and Pug march toward the entrance, hands in pockets.

INT. SECURITY LEVEL

The Security Boss returns upstairs, beside Jack Bangs, who's

watching the video monitors. On one screen, a parking lot

cam shows Merlin and Pug approaching:

VIDEO GUARD:

There's two more coming.

JACK BANGS:

Hell, there we go. That's the spirit.

He drunkenly clinks his battle to the Security Boss, wassail.

The Boss frowns.

SECURITY BOSS:

Jack? Is there a union for department

store Santas?

INT. TOMAHAWK - ON BLACKJACK

Rudy bolts up suddenly, sends chips and his chair to the

carpet.

Points sternly at the Old Timer, slurring:

RUDY:

Switch seats with me.

OLD TIMER:

What? No...

RUDY:

You're taking my money. Switch seats

with me. Switch seats with me if

you're not taking my money --

OLD TIMER:

I'm ninety-two years old --

RUDY:

Then get yourself another table!

You're hitting Santa's cards and

you're taking Santa's money!

OLD TIMER:

There is no other table --

RUDY:

THEY'LL OPEN ONE!

Rudy grabs the blackjack table and wrenches with all his

might,

OVERTURNING IT, cards, chips, cash scattering --

AND EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT ONCE

Two SECURITY GUARDS at the door (?) rush for Rudy --

Gabriel steps from the restroom, hall, moves toward the keypad

door to the security level --

Jumpy carries his bucket of quarters past the cage --

Rudy tackles the Old Timer, fists and false teeth flying, as

the Guards arrive, trying to wrench him off the poor guy --

RUDY:

(hard whisper)

Stay down, pop! Trust me, stay down!

As Gabriel stops just beyond the keypad door --

IN THE SECURITY LEVEL

The Security Boss grabs more men, while Jack Bangs merely

smiles at the sight. Guards wrestling a drunken Santa:

SECURITY BOSS:

Help them down there! HELP them!

IN THE CASINO:

Three guards CHARGE out of the keypad door --

-- right past Gabriel, who slips deftly inside --

AND UP THE PRIVATE STAIRCASE

-- opening his coat, pulling his assault rifle --

GABRIEL:

Right at the top of the stairs, right at the top of the

stairs...

-- charging to the top, starting right and running SMACK

into a wall.

He spins, sees the doorway's on his left --

TO A PRIVATE HALLWAY

with three doors. Gabriel stops at the first, grips his gun --

GABRIEL:

Video room, video room --

-- and swings open a closet bathroom. He frowns, confused.

Jumps to the second door --

GABRIEL:

Map said video room --

-- and swings open a storage closet. Gabriel grumbles, leaps

to the third door and flings it open,

GABRIEL:

Map said goddamn video room!

TO REVEAL THE MAIN SECURITY AREA

-- with two Guards sitting at their posts, and Jack Bangs,

the Security Boss and the Video Guard in the doorway to the

video room. Which is on the far opposite side of the space.

As they turn to see the furious Santa Claus with the AK-47 --

GABRIEL:

WHAT THE F*** IS GOING ON??!!!

-- as he SPRAYS the ceiling with GUNFIRE.

INT. CASINO FLOOR

Where the RIFLE sounds, just as Jumpy grips his bucket of

quarters at the cashier's cage and wheels --

-- throwing a fragmentation grenade's worth of quarters at

the two Cashiers! Bits Of metal flying between the bars.

They SCREAM, stepping backwards in defense --

-- and Jumpy whips a sawed-off shotgun from his coat --

JUMPY:

Step BACK from the desks!

AT THE BLACKJACK

The five guards wrestling Rudy spin and scramble, pulling

pistols from shoulder holsters as --

MERLIN:

CHARGES through the casino entrance, shotgun held --

MERLIN:

DROP 'EM! DROP, DROP, DROP!!!

RUDY:

(from the floor)

DROP THE GUNS! NOW!

But the guards don't. Whirling on Merlin --

-- who OPENS FIRE, BLASTING two of the guards off their feet.

Rudy stays on the ground, covering his head, holding the

petrified Old Timer down --

-- as the other three guards FIRE back, forcing Merlin to

race behind the slots. BULLETS rip into slot machines --

-- as GUNSHOTS ring out from the casino restaurant. Two of

the Guards spin to look behind them as --

-- PUG storms in, contorted glee, twin pistols BLAZING,

popping a steel flurry into an outgunned Guard.

Merlin spins from hiding behind the slots. He and Pug both

OPEN FIRE, blowing away the two remaining men from both sides.

One of the guards falls in front of Rudy, gun in hand --

-- but as Rudy-reaches for the guy's pistol --

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